Month: June 2016

Courtesy of East Fork Fire Protection MINDEN, Nev. — As Douglas County remembers the 20th anniversary of the Autumn Hills fire, the East Fork Fire Protection District wants to update the public on fire department preparedness and what the public can do to better prepare for wildland fires. Battalion Chief Scott Fraser, a volunteer during the Autumn Hills fire, has seen a large improvement in how fires are … Continue reading Fighting Wildland Fire A Community Venture

Growing Up Gardnerville is a series of vignettes and short stories, combining the moments we’ve experienced, heard about and imagined in this wonderful Valley. It is an indulgence of the memory, Twainian in nature: It’s how it happened, clouded by years of exaggerated re-telling. The series premiered in June 2014 with “The Lake.” The places are real, some of the events are too, but names have … Continue reading Growing Up Gardnerville: The Summer Of ’96